Standard size image

This image identified by the The British Library, is free of known copyright restrictions

For further guidance on use of public domain images please click here.

Description:

Bas-de-page scene of a man gesturing at a beaver, lying prone nearby (presumably to indicate to the hunter that he has already been castrated (see f. 101v); the testicles of beavers were believed to have medicinal properties, and according to legend, they would detach them when hunted).